Best £300-400 Road Lights? (To see where you are going)

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    If you order the mounts now they will likely come in the same shipment anyhoo...
  • Caligari_uk
    Caligari_uk Posts: 186
    Thanks for the help, guys.

    I put in my order for all the gear that was linked in the review - plus the bar mount that NappyD linked to.

    Pity I don't have it already, as I was planning a late-night bike ride to my girlfriend's place, but my shitty front light means that it really is too risky when I hit the unlit country roads.
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    If you are desparate then a couple of the £5 Tesco torches (I zip tie one to my helmet and one to the bars) are likely to be sufficient but obviously not up to your forthcoming purchases. Use as backups/additionals when the new ones do arrive.
  • Caligari_uk
    Caligari_uk Posts: 186
    edited October 2009
    Oh - and one last question.

    What would you guys recommend for a decent rear light?

    I've just received my order of a Cateye LD610 through the post - it blows my old light out of the water in terms of brightness, but it has an annoying 'nobbly' bit (bike jargon to the extreme) on the strap that you attach to the seat post.

    What a stupid design, and yet it still averages over 4.5 out of 5 from 80+ reviews on Wiggle. :s
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    There is only one rear light you want to buy and that's the Smart Superflash 1/2 Watt, just fantastic for about a tenner. Bright is not the word .....
  • sicknote
    sicknote Posts: 901
    giant mancp wrote:
    There is only one rear light you want to buy and that's the Smart Superflash 1/2 Watt, just fantastic for about a tenner. Bright is not the word .....

    +1 for the Smart 1/2 watt and think I will be getting one more at sometime 8)
  • Caligari_uk
    Caligari_uk Posts: 186
    Do they rear lights ever cause cars to crash behind the cyclist?

    I've just tried the Cateye LD610 out on the bike and I think I've blinded half of the people down my road.
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Caligari_uk wrote:
    Do they rear lights ever cause cars to crash behind the cyclist?

    I've just tried the Cateye LD610 out on the bike and I think I've blinded half of the people down my road.

    Thats not for you to worry about! Just making sure they see you is half the battle, as long as they do and avoid you, don't fret man. As the old slogan went: Be seen, be safe.
  • donnie murdo
    donnie murdo Posts: 986
    FYI

    Wiggle have done one of those light test guides (hard to find on their site) which is more up to date than some others out there.

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/Front_Lights_Br ... /index.htm

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